The response of lions and spotted hyaenas to sound playbacks as a technique for estimating population size

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-95

  Ogutu, J O ^a,c   Dublin, H T ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)   (Kenya)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Call ins; Density; Estimation; Hyaenas; Lions; Response

Indexed keywords

LION; PLAYBACK TECHNIQUE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPOTTED HYAENA;

KENYA, MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE;

EID: 0031946238     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1998.113-89113.x     Document Type: Article

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